The Day of Judgment will not take place until these things come to pass… Death and slaughter will be widespread…(al-Suyuti, Al-Jami as-Sagir, 3:211; Musnad, 2:492, 4:391, 392)

The global pervasiveness of disorder and conflict

At a time when the world will be in utter confusion and disorder (harj), tribulation will appear... WHEN ROADS WILL BE CUT, some will attack some others... (Al-Muttaqi al-Hindi, Al-Burhan fi Alamat al-Mahdi Akhiraz-Zaman, p. 12)

Hazrat Mahdi (as) will not appear until innocent people are slaughtered. He will appear when those on earth and in the skies can no longer bear the killing... (IbnHajar al-Haythami, Al-Qawl al-Mukhtasar fi Alamat al-Mahdi al-Muntadhar, p. 37)